This training is suitable for Health and Social Care staff, Care Home Staff and all other staff who may need to disengage from a member of their client group who presents a threat to their physical safety and who may require to break away from the situation to call for assistance. We will always attempt to match your training needs to your environment and risk level. CLICK HERE TO E-MAIL OUR TEAM OR TELEPHONE OUR NATIONAL LEAD TRAINING CONSULTANT ON: 07814 980 348 You may read more about our training services on our Blog. “Despite all our precautions to keep our staff safe, we realise that in exceptional circumstances, they may have to break away from a violent assault” mailto:info@dynamis-insight.com?subject=Enquiry%20regarding%20dynamis%20serviceshttp://dynamis-insight.blogspot.com/shapeimage_1_link_0shapeimage_1_link_1

See also:

BTEC Level 2 Intermediate Award in Physical Restraint Practice

Conflict Resolution

Safe and Therapeutic Services

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Breakaway Skills and the Law


By the end of this course, your staff will have successfully completed all the necessary learning outcomes for the award of an Edexcel-accredited and NFPS-approved certificate of competency.


Staff will be required to:

   

  1. •Investigate Reasonable Force in relation to using force at work

  2. •Explore The Human Rights Act 1998 and how it applies to physical defence.

  3. •Examine the requirements of Health and Safety statute and associated Regulations and show how they apply to physical defence.

  4. •Evaluate the risks associated with physical defence and explore how to minimise risks.

  5. •Differentiate between methods of assault and defence and how to apply defences.

  6. •Techniques will be taught in line with current research in this field and will be:

  7. 1. Minimal in number,

  8. 2. Easy to learn, execute and recall,

  9. 3. Consistent with an individuals rights contained in common and statute law,

  10. 4. Tailored to the physiological and psychological differences of men and women.

  11. 5. Taught as part of a hierarchical risk control system


  1. •Explore the risks associated with alcohol and drugs, knives and other forms of edged weapons in relation to the use of physical defence.

  2. •Investigate the difference between effective breakaway strategies and less effective strategies and why this is so.


Our training and advice is designed to enable care-giving staff to make informed decisions about when and why and how they should - or should not - use physical force in a care setting.  Informed staff will be better able to use their knowledge,  judgement and skill to ensure they are acting appropriately and legally to safeguard themselves and their service users in exceptional circumstances.


dynamis insight training typically encompasses a wide range of learning approaches, including Lecture Presentations, Group Discussion, Question & Answer, assessment by Observed Performance, Case Study and assessment by Written Exam.


All instructors on our courses have achieved nationally and internationally acknowledged qualifications, chief among them the BTEC Advanced Awards in Coaching Physical Restraint, Breakaway Skills and the Law, ensuring that your staff are trained by competent, skilled communicators

This course has been designed with the care sector in mind, to enable staff faced with the imminent threat of violence or a violent assault which can not be avoided any other way, to employ physical defences which buy time for them to escape.  Incorporating a comprehensive explanation of UK Common and Criminal Law regarding assault and defence, Health and Safety perspective and Human Rights obligations, this course delivers robust risk-control for the employer.

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